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Space Force Officer | Astronautical Engineer | MIT '23 | Air Force Fellow | Striving to Preserve American Superiority in Space & Cyberspace | Views Expressed are Mine Alone, not DoD's

Based on my experience working for AFRL as a blast and ballistics research engineer, the damage caused by a blast wave decreases with the cube of its radius. Therefore, anything you can do to increase the standoff distance between you and the bomb makes you exponentially safer. These spikes might not look like much, but causing the drones to detonate even 18 inches further away is a drastic improvement.

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Firestorm 🏴☠️

Today I bring you the latest battlefield innovation, Porcupine armor! In what looks like a vehicle right out of mad max, we see the latest in anti fpv fashion below. The armor features thousands of metal rods welded to steel plates to protect parts of the vehicle from drone strikes, and yet it looks like the welders ran out of budget as the backdoor looks pretty exposed. As of now, there are no reports on its effectiveness. #dronewars

Brent Nichols

Putting Innovation and the Warfighter on a Collision Course | Disagreeable Giver | “Corporate Captain”

5mo

Wouldn’t an “insulated” design accomplish the same thing without the material and labor requirements or a “porcupine”? I’m think something like a Yeti cup. Another set of walls Mounted 18” off the base structure. 🤷♂️

Rob Murtha

Using science to design experiences that people need and want.

5mo

So cool Ironically, when your technologies are consistently being disrupted from a power and networking perspective; you always end up with low-tech innovation or "steam punk" innovation. Coax cable is making a serious comeback in the trenches.

Kevin M.

Seasoned I.T. Admin | Aspiring SWE

5mo

This reminds me of stories about the Navy trying to innovate with torpedo armor after the devastating effects of torpedos were found to sink even the largest of ships with ease. Eventually a design with water inside the armor compartments was chosen. I wonder what modern science would come up with today?

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Rob M.

Public safety, investigations & operations management 🍁 Screenwriting 🎞️ Interested in history, tech & culture 🖼️ Law Enforcement 15 years (retired 2024)🇨🇦

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Israel Lawson

CTO | Partner | Architect

5mo

This is awesome. It’s like high tech meets mad max.

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Jason Colchiski

Founder & CEO at BitSwipe, generating the most efficiently sustainable computational capacity in the world.

5mo

The porcupine of defensive power projection.

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Dan Magy

Firestorm 🏴☠️

5mo

Spectacular information

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Jim Brendlinger

Citizen, Computer Scientist.

5mo

yikes

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